Climate in Japan
289 cities in Japan, compared on thirty-year climate normals. Open any city for its month-by-month record, or take the quiz to see which of them fits the weather you actually like.
- Hottest summers
- Higashiosaka
average high 94°F (34°C) in the warmest month
- Mildest winters
- Uruma
coldest-month lows near 59°F (15°C)
- Driest
- Ueda
39 in (989 mm) of rain a year
- Wettest
- Jōetsu
100.2 in (2545 mm) of rain a year
The 40 largest cities
| City | Warmest-month high | Coldest-month low | Rain a year | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 89°F (31°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 59.5 in (1511 mm) | 14.0M people |
| YokohamaKanagawa | 87°F (31°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 64.1 in (1629 mm) | 3.8M people |
| Osaka | 93°F (34°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 52 in (1321 mm) | 2.7M people |
| NagoyaAichi | 92°F (33°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 73.6 in (1868 mm) | 2.3M people |
| Sapporo | 80°F (26°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 48.6 in (1234 mm) | 2.0M people |
| Fukuoka | 89°F (32°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 63.3 in (1608 mm) | 1.6M people |
| KawasakiKanagawa | 88°F (31°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 62.2 in (1580 mm) | 1.5M people |
| KobeHyōgo | 90°F (32°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50.4 in (1280 mm) | 1.5M people |
| Kyoto | 92°F (33°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 61.4 in (1561 mm) | 1.5M people |
| Saitama | 88°F (31°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 54.5 in (1385 mm) | 1.3M people |
| Hiroshima | 90°F (32°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 73.1 in (1857 mm) | 1.2M people |
| SendaiMiyagi | 83°F (29°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 49.5 in (1258 mm) | 1.1M people |
| Chiba | 87°F (31°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 54.6 in (1387 mm) | 980k people |
| KitakyushuFukuoka | 88°F (31°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 66.5 in (1688 mm) | 941k people |
| SetagayaTokyo | 88°F (31°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 60.1 in (1526 mm) | 940k people |
| SakaiOsaka | 92°F (34°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50.8 in (1292 mm) | 826k people |
| Niigata | 87°F (31°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 73.1 in (1856 mm) | 798k people |
| HamamatsuShizuoka | 89°F (32°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 76.7 in (1947 mm) | 792k people |
| ŌtaTokyo | 88°F (31°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 61.3 in (1556 mm) | 748k people |
| Kumamoto | 91°F (33°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 78.3 in (1989 mm) | 739k people |
| AiharaKanagawa | 87°F (30°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 59.6 in (1514 mm) | 725k people |
| Okayama | 91°F (33°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 56.3 in (1431 mm) | 725k people |
| SagamiharaKanagawa | 85°F (30°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 58.8 in (1493 mm) | 721k people |
| EdogaweTokyo | 88°F (31°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 56.3 in (1430 mm) | 698k people |
| AdachiTokyo | 89°F (32°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 56 in (1423 mm) | 695k people |
| Shizuoka | 87°F (31°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 81.7 in (2075 mm) | 693k people |
| HonchōChiba | 88°F (31°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 54.3 in (1379 mm) | 645k people |
| KawaguchiSaitama | 89°F (31°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 56 in (1424 mm) | 607k people |
| Kagoshima | 90°F (32°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 92.5 in (2350 mm) | 595k people |
| SuginamiIbaraki | 85°F (30°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 54.4 in (1383 mm) | 588k people |
| HachiōjiTokyo | 87°F (31°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 59.1 in (1500 mm) | 579k people |
| KotōKumamoto | 91°F (33°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 78.7 in (1999 mm) | 544k people |
| HimejiHyōgo | 90°F (32°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51.1 in (1299 mm) | 530k people |
| UtsunomiyaTochigi | 86°F (30°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 51.6 in (1311 mm) | 519k people |
| MatsuyamaEhime | 90°F (32°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 62.9 in (1597 mm) | 511k people |
| MatsudoChiba | 88°F (31°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 53.7 in (1365 mm) | 499k people |
| IchikawaChiba | 88°F (31°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 54.7 in (1390 mm) | 497k people |
| HigashiosakaOsaka | 94°F (34°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 52.6 in (1337 mm) | 494k people |
| NishinomiyaHyōgo | 92°F (33°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49.6 in (1260 mm) | 486k people |
| KurashikiOkayama | 91°F (33°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 54.6 in (1388 mm) | 484k people |
More cities in Japan
Aichi
Toyota, Okazaki, Ichinomiya, Toyohashi, Kasugai, Anjō, Toyokawa, Nishio, Kariya, Komaki, Inazawa, Seto, Handa, Tōkai
Akita
Chiba
Kashiwa, Ichihara, Nagareyama, Yachiyo, Narashino, Sakura, Urayasu, Noda, Kisarazu, Narita, Abiko, Kamagaya, Inzai
Fukui
Fukushima
Gifu
Gifu, Ōgaki, Kakamigahara, Tajimi, Kani
Hiroshima
Hyōgo
Amagasaki, Akashi, Kakogawachō-honmachi, Takarazuka, Itami, Kawanishi, Sandachō
Iwate
Kanagawa
Fujisawa, Yokosuka, Hiratsuka, Chigasaki, Yamato, Bunkyo, Minamirinkan, Atsugi, Odawara, Kamakura, Hadano, Ebina, Zama, Isehara
Kochi
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Nara
Okayama
Osaka
Hirakata, Toyonaka, Suita, Takatsuki, Ibaraki, Yao, Neyagawa, Kishiwada, Izumi, Moriguchi, Minoh, Tondabayashichō, Kadoma, Matsubara, Daitō, Habikino, Ikeda, Kawachi-Nagano, Izumisano
Saitama
Kawagoe, Koshigaya, Tokorozawa, Sōka, Kasukabe, Ageo, Kumagaya, Niiza, Sayama, Kukichūō, Iruma, Misato, Saitama, Fukayachō, Asaka, Shimotoda, Kōnosu, Fujimino, Kazo, Iwatsuki, Yono, Sakado
Tochigi
Tokushima
Tokyo
Katsushika, Machida, Kita, Toshima, Meguro, Sumida, Fuchū, Minato City, Chōfu, Arakawa, Taito, Nishi-Tokyo-shi, Kodaira, Kamirenjaku, Hino, Tachikawa, Chūō, Higashimurayama, Musashino, Tama, Ōme, Kokubunji, Koganei, Higashikurume, Akishima
Tottori
Yamanashi
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